Review: Shock Wave at Six Flags Over Texas Bobbie December 27, 2018 Roller Coaster Reviews, Steel Roller Coaster Reviews 2 Overview Shock Wave at Six Flags Over Texas celebrated its 40th birthday this year and is aging gracefully. Unlike many loopers of similar vintage, this double-looping coaster from Schwarzkopf hasn’t become ... Read More...
Comic Book Roller Coasters Tournament – Round 3 Joel March 24, 2017 #Coasters 2 It's time for Round 3 of the Comic Book Roller Coasters Tournament. There was a particular showdown in Round 2 that created a tie for days. With the tie finally broken, let's move on to the next round. There ar... Read More...
Comic Book Roller Coasters Tournament – Round 2 Joel March 13, 2017 #Coasters Ready for Round 2 of the Comic Book Roller Coasters Tournament? Now that the play in round is over, we've got our Top 16 squaring off in eight super-powered showdowns. will be the play in round as these 8 rolle... Read More...
Top 9 New Roller Coasters for 2017 – Part 1 Joel February 26, 2017 New Roller Coaster Lists It's time take a look at the new roller coasters opening in 2017. It's a bit of a quieter year for new roller coasters in North America as RCDB lists 21 compared to 46 in 2015 and 38 in 2016. Given that, I deci... Read More...
Wordless Wednesday | An Endangered Species Joel February 26, 2014 Featured Photos 2 More here: What is a Boblsed Roller Coaster? See all Featured Photo & Wordless Wednesday posts... Read More...
2013 Theme Park Year in Review Joel December 22, 2013 Theme Park News 6 Here's a wrap up of 2013 including the state of roller coasters and some of the biggest news stories of the year. The Year of the Wooden Coaster Comeback If 2012 was the year of the wing roller coasters, then... Read More...
TPS Report – The Smiler Accident, The Bat, & More News Joel November 10, 2013 Theme Park News 1 Theme Park News Update - Late October/Early November I've been away from the blog for quite some time. So, I thought that I'd share some of the biggest news stories of the past couple of weeks. In a good old TP... Read More...
World's Tallest Swing Ride Opens at Six Flags Over Texas Joel May 27, 2013 News, Theme Park News 8 SkyScreamer, The Tallest Swing Ride in the World Opens at Six Flags Over Texas Down in the Lone Star State, where everything is bigger, Six Flags Over Texas just opened the World's Tallest Swing Ride with the o... Read More...
Mr. Freeze at Six Flags Over Texas & St. Louis | Coaster Review Joel September 25, 2012 Roller Coaster Reviews, Steel Roller Coaster Reviews 4 Mr. Freeze, is a launched shuttle coaster at both Six Flags St. Louis and Six Flags Over Texas. Riders typically experience shuttle coasters with a forward trip followed by a backward trip back to the station. ... Read More...
Do You Like Riding Roller Coasters Backwards? Joel July 10, 2012 Coaster Questions, Editorials and Rants 15 Long before the Six Flags roller coaster makeover era (with its fire effects and on-board audio), amusement parks have needed an inexpensive way to give their stale rides a fresh, new spin. I'm not sure when it... Read More...